Chapter 1

I sent a message to our partner company and postponed the contract signing.

Since Alyssa Cillian thought that I should be more self-aware, there was no point for me to perform such a taxing and fruitless task.

Half an hour later, Magnus Baird called me in a temper because he had not received the contract.

“Rhiannon Flynn, why haven’t you sent me the investment contract? That thing is worth 300 million dollars! Do you know how much the company will lose if the signing is delayed? Send it over to me immediately!”

His tone was urgent and pressing, but it only made me laugh.

“Mr. Baird, didn’t you say I should be more self-aware? In that case, there’s no point in me working myself ragged for you!”

In an instant, Magnus lost his cool. “Rhi, I was really only trying to motivate the staff. Once the company is listed, I’ll give you everything I promised!”

What a shame! This would be touching if I had the naivety to fall for all his empty promises.

I was tired from all the years of diligent sacrifice.

I was quiet. Meanwhile, Alyssa’s whiny and aggrieved voice sounded from the other end. “Mr. Baird, everyone’s calling me a mistress who slept my way to the top in the group chat!”

When I heard that, I opened the company’s main group chat. Everyone was indeed sympathizing with me.

[She works overtime all the time, but that’s nothing in the face of a beautiful woman with a silver tongue!]

[A certain someone is completely useless, but she can be the president’s secretary. She produces no results but ends up with a gigantic villa as a reward! I guess it’s my own fault that I don’t have the same capabilities.]

Magnus pushed down his rage and roared, “You will send a message to explain the situation immediately! If this gets out, it will ruin the company’s image. All my hard work will be wasted!”

Back when Magnus first hired Alyssa, it was clear that she was pretty and very good at playing coy.

He would rather have a useless pet than a graduate from an elite institution with excellent grades.

Back then, rumors had already been flying in the HR department. The HR Manager even sent me to check on Magnus and ask him to clarify.

However, Magnus had been critical and did not understand why I had questioned him. “I thought you knew me better than this, Rhiannon, but it seems that you’re just as small-minded as everyone else!

“When I started this company, I wanted to give chances to newbies who find it hard to get a job. There’s nothing else you can say to dissuade me.”

After that, the HR department hired someone with seven years of experience and a top sales record. Yet, all this got them was a public lecture.

“Do you think of our company as a recycling station? Will you hire just anyone?”

He was fair and just in matters of the company, except when it came to Alyssa.

Yet, he had the gall to demand that I pacify the staff at this moment. It seemed that Magnus had never cared about my feelings.